Can I code this? A Privacy Policy and Cookie Consent Generator
Filling a legal-document template and shipping a cookie-consent banner script is genuinely mechanical work — the templates carry whatever legal weight they have, not the code.
Build it
Effort: an eveningRunning cost: $0/mo to start
Why CanICodeThis says Build it
A privacy policy or terms-of-service template with fill-in-the-blank fields is ordinary form-and-templating work
A cookie-consent banner that blocks non-essential scripts until consent is given is a well-documented pattern
Regenerating the document when an answer changes is straightforward templating
The parts that'll cause problems
The template wording needs to be legally sound for your jurisdiction — a legal-review question, not a coding one
Automatically detecting every cookie/tracker a site actually sets, rather than a static list, needs a real scanning feature
Consent-log record-keeping for compliance audits is a genuine additional feature beyond just showing a banner
How I'd build this
frontend
Astro or Next.js
database
Turso (SQLite)
hosting
Cloudflare Pages
MVP scope
Fill-in-the-blank privacy policy and terms of service templates
A cookie-consent banner script blocking non-essential scripts until consent
Postpone to v2
Automatic cookie/tracker scanning
Consent-log record keeping for audits
Multi-jurisdiction template variants
What it actually costs to build
AI agent — with a subscription (Claude Pro/Max, Cursor, etc.)
$0 marginal
AI agent — pay-per-use API, no subscription
$16–$27 one-time
Hosting, once it's running
$0/mo (free tier)
Domain name, if you want your own
~$12/yr
Existing tools solving a similar problem typically run $15–$41.58/mo — see how they compare below.
The build prompt
Build me a privacy policy and cookie consent generator: fill-in-the-blank templates producing a privacy policy and terms of service, plus a cookie-consent banner script that blocks non-essential scripts until the visitor consents. Clearly label generated documents as needing legal review, not a substitute for one.